Window Ad Showed Potential For Photo Misuse

February 04, 2014|Letter to the editor

There has been and will continue to be polarized views of the Sandy Hook shootings with respect to the distribution of crime scene information. Both sides have put forward logical and valid arguments why or why not this information should be released under the Freedom of Information Act, and both sides have had their strident supporters.

The recent uproar over the Commercial Window Shield ad showing a photo of a shattered glass panel from the school has proved that in the world of money and advertising, nothing is off limits [Jan. 31, Page 1, "Newtown Email Ad Sets Off Uproar"]. This is precisely the point of one side of the freedom of information argument -- what more will follow?